Defining Your Goal Objectives

Defining Your Goal Objectives

In May of 1961, John F. Kennedy pledged that America would land a man on the moon "before the decade is out."
It was a brave and bold objective, perhaps one of the greatest of all time. Just making the statement, however, did not lead to its achievement. Putting a man on the moon required immense amounts of intelligence, research, planning, money, people, risk, and commitment, amongst other things. The most important step, though, was not Neil Armstrong's, it was John F. Kennedy's setting of the Objective.
We define the Objective as the final goal. It is what all your efforts are going to lead to. In Investing, for example, it could be to have $5 million by retirement. While some people may want to only have an Objective in one area of their life, most successful people set Objectives in many areas. Career, Family, Financial, Health, Knowledge, Material, Retirement, and Spiritual are just some categories you should set Objectives in. Objectives are generally long-term, sometimes even lifetime, although they don't have to be. They do have to be important to you, and something you feel is worth pursuing, or establishing a goal-setting routine wouldn't be worth doing.
In starting a goal-setting routine, we recommend you set Objectives in one or two areas to begin. As you start realizing small successes, you'll probably add more Objectives as you will want to be successful in all areas of your life. Take a separate piece of paper for every Objective. Clearly write the Objective, and the date you want to achieve the Objective by. Remember, don't hold back. Make your Objectives as large as you can realistically realize.